CCC 2131

Life in Christ›SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS›CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND›IV. "You Shall Not Make For Yourself a Graven Image . . ."

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Ecumenism God the Son Incarnation Justification Messiah Theotokos

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christ, tradition, liturgical, god son, father, spirit, christ mary, god, mother, man

Basing itself on the mystery of the incarnate Word, the seventh ecumenical council at Nicaea (787) justified against the iconoclasts the veneration of icons - of Christ, but also of the Mother of God, the angels, and all the saints. By becoming incarnate, the Son of God introduced a new "economy" of images.

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